Nick Kurtz of Athhletics turned the primary rookie within the historical past of MLB to hit 4 races in the home in a recreation, going deep within the second, sixth, eighth and ninth inning in Houston on Friday night.
Kurtz additionally selected and doubled for 19 complete bases on an evening of 6 by 6, changing into the second participant to have 4 homers and 6 photographs in a recreation. The different was Shawn Green for the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 23, 2002 in Milwaukee. Kurtz led in eight runs and scored six whereas athletics beat Astros, 15-3.
The 6 ft slugger and 5, 23 years outdated, has 23 Homer in 66 video games this season. The fourth total selection within the novice draft final 12 months by Wake Forest, made his debut within the championship on April 23 and hit his first Homer on May thirteenth.
On Friday, Kurtz made the tour of every of the 4 Astros launchers: Ryan Gusto, Nick Hernandez, Kaleb Ort and Cooper Hummel. His longest journey was his third, a 414 ft solo shot in Ort within the eighth.
For his fourth Homer, he hit an reverse discipline line in opposition to Hummel in Crawford containers within the left discipline. The three-throw shot scored 15-2.
Reporting by the Associated Press.
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